Plant Details

Accepted name:: Chrysobalanus icaco subsp. icaco [Chrysobalanaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Chrysobalanus icaco L.
Infraspecies:: Chrysobalanus icaco subsp. atacorensis (A.Chev.) F.White

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
sirínguela	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark, root		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chrysobalanus ellipticus Sol. ex Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 5: 453 (1824).
Chrysobalanus orbicularis Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 232 (1827).
Chrysobalanus pellocarpus G.Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 193 (1818).
Chrysobalanus guianensis Klotzsch in M.R.Schomburgk, Reis. Br.-Guiana: 1024 (1848), nom. nud.
Chrysobalanus icaco f. albus G.Klotz Wiss. Z. Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 29: 461 (1980).
Chrysobalanus icaco subsp. ellipticus (Sol. ex Sabine) Souza Ann. Univ. Abidjan, C 15: 101 (1979 publ. 1980).
Chrysobalanus icaco var. ellipticus (Sol. ex Sabine) Hook.f. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 7 (1867).
Chrysobalanus icaco var. luteus (Sabine) Souza Ann. Univ. Abidjan, C 15: 104 (1979 publ. 1980).
Chrysobalanus icaco var. macrocarpus Souza Ann. Univ. Abidjan, C 15: 104 (1979 publ. 1980), without type.
Chrysobalanus icaco subsp. orbicularis (Schumach.) Souza Ann. Univ. Abidjan, C 15: 101 (1979 publ. 1980).
Chrysobalanus icaco subsp. pellocarpus (G.Mey.) A.E.Murray Kalmia 12: 19 (1982).
Chrysobalanus icaco var. pellocarpus (G.Mey.) Hook.f. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 7 (1867).
Chrysobalanus icaco var. roseus Souza Ann. Univ. Abidjan, C 15: 101 (1979 publ. 1980), without type.
Chrysobalanus interior Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 645 (1933).
Chrysobalanus luteus Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 5: 453 (1824).
Chrysobalanus purpureus Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).
Chrysobalanus savannarum Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 48: 331 (1921 publ. 1922).
Chrysobalanus stuhlmannii Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 191 (1895).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chrysobalanus ellipticus Soland.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Chrysobalanus orbicularis Schum.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Chrysobalanus orbicularis Schumann et Thonning	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Chrysobalanus pellocarpus G.Mey.	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

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